Top 500 Max Lucado Quotes (2025 Update)
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251. “God is near whether you sense His presence or not.”

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252. “He saw you cast into a river of life you didn’t request. He saw you betrayed by those you love. He saw you with a body that gets sick and a heart that grows weak. He saw you in your own garden of gnarled trees and sleeping friends. He saw you staring into the pit of your own failures and the mouth of your own grave. He saw you in your own garden of Gethsemane and he didn’t want you to be alone... He would rather go to hell for you than to heaven without you.”

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253. “The claims of Christ are always on trial, and we remain under oath! We are his witnesses for truth.”

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254. “When a Christian stops growing, help is needed. If you are the same Christian you were a few months ago, be careful.”

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255. “Of all the things you must earn in life, God’s unending affection is not one of them. You have it.”

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256. “You are never more like Jesus than when you pray for others.”

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257. “But prayer isn’t asking God to do what we want. Prayer is asking God to what is right.”

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258. “Even though you may not understand how God works, you know he does.”

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259. “The purpose of the Bible is simply to proclaim God’s plan to save His children.”

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260. “The Bible is God’s Word given in man’s language.”

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261. “We are presumptuous not when we marvel at His grace, but when we reject it.”

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262. “When grace moves in... guilt moves out.”

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263. “We live in the most multicultural, multiracial, multiethnic America ever, and I get the sense that because of that reality so many of us are turning nativist.”

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264. “The cross is where God forgave his children without lowering his standards.”

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265. “God grants us an uncommon life to the degree we surrender our common one.”

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266. “She delighted in serving her guests a soothing cup of coffee, a slice of cake, and when the occasion called for it, a prayer of encouragement.”

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267. “Giants. We must face them. Yet we need not face them alone.”

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268. “The Lord is near to all who call upon Him. Psalm 145:18.”

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269. “Christ entered our world. As a result, we can enter His.”

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270. “Personally? I think there’s more going on around us than we realize. I think God uses even the bad and ugly things in this world to lead us to a good place.”

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271. “When words are most empty, tears are most apt.”

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272. “When God sends signs, be faithful. Let them lead you to Scripture. As Scripture directs, be humble. Let it lead you to worship. And.”

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273. “God leads us. God will do the right thing at the right time. And what a difference that makes.”

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274. “The worship of safety emasculates greatness.”

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275. “First, God does not send people to hell. He simply honors their choice. Hell is the ultimate expression of God’s high regard for the dignity of man. He has never forced us to choose Him, even when that means we would choose Hell.”

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276. “When we’re in the middle of a difficult time, we have to speak against that lie that says, “God is not here.” We have to draw near to God.”

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277. “Yes, your family history has some sad chapters. But your history doesn’t have to be your future. The generational garbage can stop here and now.”

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278. “To see sin without grace is despair. To see grace without sin is arrogance. To see them in tandem is conversion.”

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279. “Your serenity matters to heaven. God’s presence encapsulates your life.”

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280. “Never underestimate the power that comes when a parent pleads with God on behalf of a child.”

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281. “This is why he refused to close his fist. He saw the list! What kept him from resisting? This warrant, this tabulation of your failures. He knew the price of those sins was death. He knew the source of those sins was you, and since he couldn’t bear the thought of eternity without you, he chose the nails.”

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282. “My thinking is that miracles exist to reveal God, but miracles don’t exist for God to do me any favors.”

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283. “Courage does not panic; it prays. Courage does not bemoan; it believes. Courage does not languish; it listens.”

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284. “The most powerful life is the most simple life. The most powerful life is the life that knows where it’s going, that knows where the source of strength is; it is the life that stays free of clutter and happenstance and hurriedness.”

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285. “When it comes to Christ, you’ve got to do the same. Call him crazy, or crown him as king. Dismiss him as a fraud, or declare him to be God. Walk away from him, or bow before him, but don’t play games with him.”

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286. “For that’s what faith is. Faith is trusting what the eye can’t see. Eyes see the prowling lion. Faith sees Daniel’s angel. Eyes see storms. Faith sees Noah’s rainbow. Eyes see giants. Faith sees Canaan.”

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287. “In God’s hands intended evil becomes eventual good.”

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288. “Why is the cross the symbol of our faith? To find the answer, look no further than the cross itself. Its design couldn’t be simpler. One beam horizontal – the other vertical. One reaches out – like God’s love. The other reaches up – as does God’s holiness. One represents the width of his love; the other reflects the height of his holiness. The cross is the intersection. The cross is where God forgave his children without lowering his standards.”

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289. “Have you been called to go out on a limb for God? You can bet it won’t be easy. Limb-climbing has never been easy. Ask Joseph. Or, better yet, ask Jesus. He knows better than anyone the cost of hanging on a tree.”

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290. “As long as you hate your enemy, a jail door is closed and a prisoner is taken. But when you try to understand and release your foe from your hatred, then the prisoner is released and that prisoner is you.”

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291. “If you have a pulse, you’re going to have pain.”

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292. “Christ lived the life we could not live and took the punishment we could not take to offer the hope we cannot resist.”

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293. “God is not a miser with his grace. Your cup may be low in cash or clout, but it is overflowing with mercy.”

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294. “Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day. If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek his grace.”

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295. “God wants us to know we are saved, for saved people are dangerous people, willing to face off with the world, unafraid of the consequences since they know that, whatever happens, they will have eternal life.”

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296. “Out of the lions’ den for Daniel, the prison for Peter, the whale’s belly for Jonah, Goliath’s shadow for David the storm for the disciples, disease for the lepers, doubt for Thomas, the grave for Lazarus, and the shackles for Paul. God gets us through stuff.”

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297. “Like Joseph, you’ve been dumped into the pit. And, like Joseph, you choose to heed the call of God on your life. It’s not easy. You’re tempted to get even. But you choose instead to ponder your destiny.”

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298. “Rather than ask God to change your circumstances, ask him to use your circumstances to change you. Life is a required course. Might as well do your best to pass it.”

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299. “He took on your face in the hope that you would see his.”

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300. “The sinless One took on the face of a sinner so that we sinners could take on the face of a saint.”

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